Mary Howard
E31244
Mary Howard was the mother of English physician Robert Darwin and a member of the extended family lineage that produced naturalist Charles Darwin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mary Howard canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T131123 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Howard Context triple: [Robert Darwin, mother, Mary Howard]
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A.
Eleanor of England, Countess of Pembroke
Eleanor of England, Countess of Pembroke, was a 13th-century English princess and noblewoman who, through her influential marriage to William Marshal the Younger, became a prominent figure in the politics and aristocracy of the Angevin realm.
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B.
Isabella of Gloucester
Isabella of Gloucester was an English noblewoman and heiress who became the first wife of King John of England, bringing him substantial lands and political influence through their marriage.
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C.
Mary of Scotland, Countess of Boulogne
Mary of Scotland, Countess of Boulogne, was a 12th-century Scottish princess and noblewoman who became Countess of Boulogne through marriage and was the daughter of King Malcolm III and Saint Margaret of Scotland.
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D.
Anne Hyde
Anne Hyde was the first wife of the future King James II of England and the mother of two queens, Mary II and Anne.
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E.
Elizabeth Pole Darwin
Elizabeth Pole Darwin was the second wife of English physician and natural philosopher Erasmus Darwin and a member of the prominent Darwin family of the 18th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Howard Target entity description: Mary Howard was the mother of English physician Robert Darwin and a member of the extended family lineage that produced naturalist Charles Darwin.
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A.
Eleanor of England, Countess of Pembroke
Eleanor of England, Countess of Pembroke, was a 13th-century English princess and noblewoman who, through her influential marriage to William Marshal the Younger, became a prominent figure in the politics and aristocracy of the Angevin realm.
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B.
Isabella of Gloucester
Isabella of Gloucester was an English noblewoman and heiress who became the first wife of King John of England, bringing him substantial lands and political influence through their marriage.
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C.
Mary of Scotland, Countess of Boulogne
Mary of Scotland, Countess of Boulogne, was a 12th-century Scottish princess and noblewoman who became Countess of Boulogne through marriage and was the daughter of King Malcolm III and Saint Margaret of Scotland.
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D.
Anne Hyde
Anne Hyde was the first wife of the future King James II of England and the mother of two queens, Mary II and Anne.
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E.
Elizabeth Pole Darwin
Elizabeth Pole Darwin was the second wife of English physician and natural philosopher Erasmus Darwin and a member of the prominent Darwin family of the 18th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (9)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| familyName | Howard ⓘ |
| givenName | Mary ⓘ |
| motherOf | Robert Darwin ⓘ |
| occupation | gentlewoman ⓘ |
| partOf |
Darwin–Wedgwood family
ⓘ
linked to:
Wedgwood family
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| relative | Charles Darwin ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mary Howard Description of subject: Mary Howard was the mother of English physician Robert Darwin and a member of the extended family lineage that produced naturalist Charles Darwin.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.